External Player

[krull]

I just ran across GB-PVR and it, with "My Videos", seems like a pretty sweet setup, except... I'm have problems getting it to kick off an external DVD player. When I sniff the command line that was sent to the player (Media Player Classic) it still has "%FILENAME%" unexpanded. I assume this expansion is done within "My Videos", but just to be sure I checked the environment for MPC and it didn't have a FILENAME var.

Are other people able to run external players? I've re-installed everything a couple times and alll versions of the plugin I could find, but the all act the same.

Thanks.

[reven]

ive been using the external player option for a while and havent noticed any bugs. and there doesnt appear to be any chance that %FILENAME% wouldnt be replaced by the filename. it is case sensitive, and must be the exactly, but thats it, its always replaced. post that section of your config.xml file if you are still having problems.

[krull]

hey,

so I tried another uninstall/reinstall of everything and still no success.

Here's what I did:

- renamed the gbpvr folder (paranoid mans delete)
- uninstalled gbpvr. technically it had no files to uninstall, but the installer wouldn't let me do an install until I uninstalled.
- downloaded gbpvr and installed it
- downloaded "My Videos" and extracted it over the gbpvr dir and made sure the my vids dll ended up in the plugins dir.
- downloaded MyDatabase.mdb and extracted it to C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr
- configured an "external player" for DVDs and pointed to mplayerc.exe. It was in a directory with spaces in the name, so I also tried moving it to the root of of the c: drive jic that had any effect. It didn't.
- fired up gbpvr and tried to kick off a dvd. Media Player Classic popped up with an error about not finding the file.
- I created a simple batch file "c:\test.bat" with:
[INDENT]echo %*
pause[/INDENT]
- I replaced the path to media player class with the batch file
- I reloaded gbpvr and tried running another dvd and got this:
[INDENT]C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>echo "%FILENAME%"
"%FILENAME%"

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>pause
Press any key to continue . . .[/INDENT]
- Changed the debugging level in "Misc Options" to "Max" thinking I might see something in a log somewhere, but couldn't find it.

This time I didn't install all of the ripping extra's, but did last time and they don't seem like they should be needed for what I'm trying to do.

Finally, here's the full "My Video" chunk of the config.xml file. Thanks for any help.

Code:

<MyVideosPlugin>
      <DVDReader>D</DVDReader>
      <DVDWriter>D</DVDWriter>
      <DVDDecrypterLocation>C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe</DVDDecrypterLocation>
      <VideoFileExtensions>mpg|mpeg</VideoFileExtensions>
      <TempDVDDirectory>C:\Temp\</TempDVDDirectory>
      <DVDDirectory>C:\DVDs\</DVDDirectory>
      <MovieIntrosDirectory>C:\</MovieIntrosDirectory>
      <MovieIntrosEnabled>true</MovieIntrosEnabled>
      <MovieTrailersDirectory>C:\</MovieTrailersDirectory>
      <MovieTrailersEnabled>true</MovieTrailersEnabled>
      <NumberOfMovieTrailers>3</NumberOfMovieTrailers>
      <IntroRandom>false</IntroRandom>
      <NumberOfIntroMovies>1</NumberOfIntroMovies>
      <UseBlueYellowForPageUpDown>true</UseBlueYellowForPageUpDown>
      <RemoveFolderName>false</RemoveFolderName>
      <OnEnterShowInfo>true</OnEnterShowInfo>
      <PinOnDelete>false</PinOnDelete>
      <MasterPIN>AXCTEVXjSeStBjIs8JITEwuKgJQ88A==</MasterPIN>
      <PinLength>4</PinLength>
      <TimeCutoff>5</TimeCutoff>
      <TimeCutoffEnd>5</TimeCutoffEnd>
      <DVDAuthor>C:\</DVDAuthor>
      <HideBatchWindows>false</HideBatchWindows>
      <ConvertFiles>true</ConvertFiles>
      <ShowUnseen>true</ShowUnseen>
      <DatabaseConnectionString>Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source="C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\MyDatabase.mdb"</DatabaseConnectionString>
      <AddPausedMoviesToVirtualRoot>true</AddPausedMoviesToVirtualRoot>
      <EnableExternalDVDPlayer>true</EnableExternalDVDPlayer>
      <EnableExternalVideoPlayer>false</EnableExternalVideoPlayer>
      <RequireDOB>true</RequireDOB>
      <RequireBio>true</RequireBio>
      <RequireHeadshot>true</RequireHeadshot>
      <VirtualRoot>reel~HDD~V:\|c~HDD~C:\|</VirtualRoot>
      <ExternalVideoOptions />
      <ExternalDVDOptions>
        <Option>
          <Name>test</Name>
          <Executable>C:\test.bat</Executable>
          <Arguments>"%FILENAME%"</Arguments>
        </Option>
      </ExternalDVDOptions>
      <MenuItems>
        <MenuItem name="View" index="0" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Sort by" index="1" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Play DVD" index="2" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Copy DVD" index="3" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="MyDVD" index="4" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Scan" index="5" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Actors" index="6" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Stacking" index="7" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Paused Movies" index="8" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Main Menu" index="9" visible="true" />
      </MenuItems>
      <ActorMenuItems>
        <MenuItem name="View" index="0" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Sort by" index="1" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Biography" index="2" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Gallery" index="3" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Movies" index="4" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Remove Actor" index="5" visible="true" />
        <MenuItem name="Back" index="6" visible="true" />
      </ActorMenuItems>
      <DebuggingLevel>4</DebuggingLevel>
      <PopupMenu>
        <MenuItem name="Play">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Play DVD">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Play Video">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Play Movie">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Play DVD Folder">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Play ISO">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Shuffle Play">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Information">
          <MenuItem name="IMDB">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Amazon">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Best Effort">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Movie Tyme">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="OFDB">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="More">
            <MenuItem name="IMDB Description">true</MenuItem>
            <MenuItem name="IMDB Poster">true</MenuItem>
            <MenuItem name="Amazon Description">true</MenuItem>
            <MenuItem name="Amazon Poster">true</MenuItem>
          </MenuItem>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="TV Information">
          <MenuItem name="TV.com">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Episode Browse">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Episode Lookup">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Find Episode List">true</MenuItem>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Edit">
          <MenuItem name="Create Thumbnail">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Toggle Seen">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Mark as Seen">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Set PIN">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Edit Title">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Edit Subtitle">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Rename">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Remove From DB">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Delete">true</MenuItem>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Burn">
          <MenuItem name="Burn ISO">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Burn To Disc">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Demux and Burn">true</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="Add To Disc">true</MenuItem>
        </MenuItem>
      </PopupMenu>
      <ScanMenu>
        <MenuItem name="Create Thumbnail">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="IMDB">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Amazon">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Best Effort">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="OFDB">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="TV.com">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Episode Lookup">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Remove From DB">true</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem name="Mark as Seen">true</MenuItem>
      </ScanMenu>
    </MyVideosPlugin>

[reven]

oh for external dvd players you need to use "%DRIVE%", i have no idea why i did this, ill change it in the next release (well make it so %DRIVE% and %FILENAME% are both replaced by the filename).

[gmorse]

What Reven sai. I've been using MPC for my external DVD player as well. I just give it d: as the argument and it works fine.

[reven]

if you use %DRIVE% it will pass whatever you click on, eg for a folder D:\dvds\rocky horror picture show\ , it will pass that as %DRIVE%.

[krull]

Ahh...

Ok, that did the trick. For anyone else trying the same thing, the parameter line that worked is:

"%DRIVE%\VIDEO_TS"

thanks for the help (and plugin) Reven.

[gjen]

I still can't get the external player to work.. I use windows media player and the error log says cann't find file. I've replaced the argument from "%FILENAME%" to "%Drive%".

It dosn't seem to pick up the file name of the film.

I've do DVD ripped in file format and a file .mpg

Please help

[reven]

try "%DRIVE%" and not "%Drive%"

[gjen]

It is set to "%DRIVE%" and not"%DRIVE%". I'll capture a screen shot tonight. I'm sure I had it working earlier on. Do you have to change any settings in the DVD config of GBPVR ?

Cheers